AsiaWorld–Arena
"亞洲國際博覽館 Arena" "Hall 1" | |
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| Address | Level 1, AsiaWorld-Expo Chek Lap Kok, Lantau Island Hong Kong |
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| Location | AsiaWorld–Expo |
| Owner | Hong Kong SAR Government |
| Capacity | 14,000 or 16000 |
| Opened | 21 December 2005 |
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AsiaWorld–Arena (Chinese: 亞洲國際博覽館 Arena, also Hall 1 of AsiaWorld–Expo) is the largest indoor seated performance venue in Hong Kong. It has a total floor area of 10,880 square metres (117,100 square feet), a maximum capacity of 14,000 seats /16,000 standing+seats and high ceiling clearance of 19 metres. It is located next to the Hong Kong International Airport. It plays host to many concerts, sporting events, and other forms of entertainment.[1]
Shows
Since its opening on 21 December 2005, AsiaWorld–Arena has played host to shows and performances by international artists, as well as local musicians.
2006–2009
| Date | Performer | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 25 February 2006 | Oasis – Don't Believe the Truth Tour | |
| 13 July 2006 | Coldplay – Twisted Logic Tour | |
| 16 July 2006 | The Black Eyed Peas – Monkey Business Tour | |
| 9 September 2006 | Westlife – Face to Face Tour | |
| 3 March 2007 | Muse – Black Holes and Revelations Tour | |
| 3 July 2007 | Christina Aguilera – Back to Basics Tour | |
| 16 August 2007 | Gwen Stefani – The Sweet Escape Tour | |
| 20 November 2007 | Linkin Park – Linkin Park Live in Hong Kong | |
| 29 January 2008 | My Chemical Romance – The Black Parade World Tour | |
| 28 February 2008 | Bjork - Volta Tour | |
| 20 and 21 September 2008 | Ayumi Hamasaki – ayumi hamasaki ASIA TOUR | |
| 29 February 2009 | Backstreet Boys – Unbreakable Tour | |
| 19 March 2008 | Maroon 5 – Maroon 5 Live in Hong Kong | |
| 20 May 2008 | Elton John – Rocket Man: Greatest Hits Live | |
| 29 July 2008 | Alicia Keys – As I Am Tour | |
| 5 August 2008 | Simple Plan – Live N' Loud Hong Kong 2008 | |
| 18 August 2008 | Avril Lavigne – Avril Lavigne Live in HK 2008 | |
| 27 November 2008 | Kylie Minogue – KylieX2008 | Attendance: 8,798 The box office was US$ 1.070.819[citation needed] |
| 25 March 2009 | Coldplay – Viva la Vida Tour | Attendance: 11,371 The box office was US$ 1.260.623[citation needed] |
| 1 April 2009 | Sarah Brightman – The Symphony World Tour | |
| 18 September 2009 | Super Junior – Super Show 2 Tour | Attendance: 14,793[citation needed] |
| 12 December 2009 | SS501 – Persona tour |
2010–present
| Date | Performer | Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16 January 2010 | Green Day – 21st Century Breakdown World Tour | ||||
| 6 February 2010 | Muse – The Resistance Tour | ||||
| 10 May 2010 | Deep Purple – Rapture of the Deep tour | ||||
| 3 December 2010 | Gorillaz – Escape to Plastic Beach Tour | ||||
| 21 February 2011 | Taylor Swift – Speak Now World Tour | Attendance: 12,573 The collection was US$ 1.030.633[citation needed] | |||
| 4, 5, 6, 10 and 11 March 2011 | Faye Wong – Faye Wong Tour | ||||
| 7 May 2011 | Avril Lavigne – Black Star Tour | ||||
| 13 May 2011 | Justin Bieber – My World Tour | 26 June 2011 | Yui (singer) | ||
| 14 August 2011 | Paramore – Brand New Eyes World Tour | ||||
| 6 September 2011 | Linkin Park – A Thousand Suns World Tour | ||||
| 27 September 2011 | Westlife – Gravity Tour | ||||
| 10 January 2012 | Simple Plan | ||||
| 15 January 2012 | Girls' Generation – Girls' Generation Tour | ||||
| 21 February 2011 | Evanescence | ||||
| 24 May 2011 | Maroon 5 – Hands All Over | ||||
| 3 March 2012 | Westlife – Greatest Hits Tour | Attendance: 12,573 The collection was US$ 1.030.633[citation needed] |
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| 3 March 2012 | L'Arc~en~Ciel | ||||
| 2, 3, 5 and 7 May 2012 | Lady Gaga – Born This Way Ball | Attendance: 51,613 The collection was US$ 7.893.195[citation needed] | |||
| 18,19,20,22,23,25,26,27,29,30 2012[chronology citation needed] | Jacky Cheung – 1/2 Century World Tour | ||||
| 23 June 2012 | Music Bank World Tour | ||||
| 24 June 2012 | Jason Mraz – iTunes live from Hong Kong | ||||
| 24 July 2012 | The Stone Roses | ||||
| 4 August 2012 | Snow Patrol – Fallen Empires Tour | ||||
| 27 September 2012 | Maroon 5 – Overexposed Tour | ||||
| 27 October 2012 | SHINee | Attendance: 10,000[citation needed] | |||
| 4 November 2012 | Chicago | ||||
| 13 November 2012 | LMFAO – Sorry for Party Rocking Tour | ||||
| 28 November 2012 | Jennifer Lopez – Dance Again World Tour | ||||
| 8, 9 and 10 December 2012 | Big Bang – Big Bang Alive Galaxy Tour 2012 | Attendance: 30,000[citation needed] | |||
| 19 January 2013 | TVXQ – TVXQ! Live World Tour "Catch Me" in Hong Kong | Attendance: 15,000[citation needed] | |||
| 16 March 2013 | Namie Amuro – namie amuro ASIA TOUR 2013 | Attendance: 14,000[citation needed] | |||
| 6 May 2013 | Blur | ||||
| 10 and 11 May 2013 | CN Blue – Blue Moon World Tour | Attendance: 7,000[2] | |||
| 10 May 2013 | David Guetta – Live in Hong Kong 2013 | AsiaWorld-Expo Hall 10[3] | |||
| 17 and 18 May 2013 | G-Dragon – G-Dragon 2013 1st World Tour | ||||
| 8 June 2013 | Shinhwa – 2013 Shinhwa Grand Tour in Hong Kong: The Classic[4] | Attendance: 11, 000 | |||
| 15 and 16 June 2013 | Super Junior – Super Show 5 Tour | Attendance: 27,862 Revenue: US$ $3.453.826[5] | |||
| 10 August 2013 | T-ara – It's T-ara Time Live in Hong Kong 2013 | Attendance: 8,000 | |||
| 11 August 2013 | Air Supply – Live in Hong Kong 2013 | ||||
| 13 August 2013 | The Smashing Pumpkins – Live in Hong Kong 2013 | ||||
| 13 August 2013 | Linkin Park – Living Things World Tour 2013 | ||||
| 18 August 2013 | Infinite – 2013 Infinite 1st World Tour ‘ONE GREAT STEP’ | ||||
| 22, 23, 24 and 25 August 2013 | Michael Jackson: The Immortal World Tour | ||||
| 24 September 2013 | The Killers – Battle Born World Tour | ||||
| 9 and 10 November 2013 | Girls' Generation – Girls' Generation World Tour Girls & Peace | Attendance: 22,000[6] | |||
| 22 November 2013 | 2013 Mnet Asian Music Awards | ||||
| 12 January 2014 | James Blunt – James Blunt Moon Landing 2014 World Tour | ||||
| 13 February 2014 | Avril Lavigne – Avril Lavigne on Tour | ||||
| 23 January 2014 | Sarah Brightman – Dreamchaser World Tour | ||||
| 25 January 2014 | miss A – Fans Party | AsiaWorld-Expo Hall 10 | |||
| 20 March 2014 | Macklemore and Ryan Lewis | Attendance: 5,000 | |||
| 22 March 2014 | 2NE1 – AON: All Or Nothing World Tour | Attendance: 10,000 | |||
| 29 and 30 March 2014 | Bruno Mars – The Moonshine Jungle Tour | ||||
| 1 and 2 June 2014 | Exo – Exo from Exoplanet #1: The Lost Planet in Hong Kong | Attendance: 24,000 | |||
| 26 September 2014 | Pet Shop Boys – Electric Tour | ||||
| 8 November 2014 | Super Junior – Super Show 6 Tour | Attendance: 14,759 Revenue: US$ 2.012.133[7] | |||
| 3 December 2014 | Mnet Asian Music Awards | ||||
| 14 January 2015 | Avenged Sevenfold – Hail to the King Tour | AsiaWorld-Expo Hall 10 | |||
| 21 January 2015 | Michael Bublé – To Be Loved Tour | AsiaWorld-Expo Hall 10 | |||
| 31 January 2015 | Lily Allen – Sheezus Tour | AsiaWorld-Expo Hall 10 | |||
| 14 February 2015 | 2PM -GO CRAZY Tour | AsiaWorld–Arena | |||
| 10 March 2015 | Ed Sheeran – X Tour | AsiaWorld-Expo Hall 10 | |||
| 18 March 2015 | One Direction – On the Road Again Tour | This is the last performance Zayn Malik in the name of One Direction before he quitted the band. | |||
| 25 March 2015 | Pitbull – Pitbull Globalization - Live in Hong Kong 2015 | Asia World Expo Hall 10 | |||
| 27 March 2015 | Jason Mraz – An Acoustic Evening With Jason Mraz And Raining Jane | ||||
| 4 September 2015 | Maroon 5 – Maroon 5 World Tour 2015 | ||||
| 23 September 2015 | Robbie Williams – Let Me Entertain You Tour |
Other events
The Arena has also played host to the 10th Anniversary Celebration Gala of Phoenix Satellite Television and the Miss Chinese Cosmos Pageant, as well as sports competitions like the K-1 World Grand Prix 2007 and the 2008 Hong Kong IDSF Asian Pacific DanceSport Championships.
It will play host to Walking with Dinosaurs – The Arena Spectacular from 22 December 2010 to 2 January 2011.[8]
References
- ^ http://www.asiaworld-expo.com.hk/html/en/FacilityInfo/ArenaEvents.html
- ^ "CN Blue′s Hong Kong Concert Sells Out in Five Minutes". enewsWorld. CJ E&M. 12 March 2013. Retrieved 21 March 2013.
- ^ http://www.asiaworld-expo.com.hk/html/en/EventCalendar/EventDetail_CFA87E06E9814036B1008554C0E71C0D.html
- ^ Kim, Ki-bum (10 June 2013). "Andy, Exciting Hong Kong Concert!". Star News. Retrieved 10 June 2013.
- ^ "SUPER JUNIOR WORLD TOUR "SUPER SHOW5" in HONGKONG ended in great success!". Official Facebook Super Show 5. SM Entertainment. 19 June 2013. Retrieved 19 June 2013.
- ^ "Girls' Generation performed 22000 fans in Hong Kong". allkpop. 10 November 2013. Retrieved 7 December 2013.
- ^ "SUPER JUNIOR WORLD TOUR "SUPER SHOW6" in HONGKONG". Official Facebook Fan Club Super Show 6. SM Entertainment. 10 November 2014. Retrieved 10 November 2014.
- ^ [1] Walking with Dinosaurs – The Arena Spectacular
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